The bufinfo_t structure is the abstraction that describes an I/O request. The buffer corresponding to an I/O request is pointed to by args[0] in the start, done, wait-start, and wait-done probes. The bufinfo_t structure definition is as follows:
typedef struct bufinfo {
int b_flags; /* flags */
size_t b_bcount; /* number of bytes */
caddr_t b_addr; /* buffer address */
uint64_t b_blkno; /* expanded block # on device */
uint64_t b_lblkno; /* block # on device */
size_t b_resid; /* # of bytes not transferred */
size_t b_bufsize; /* size of allocated buffer */
caddr_t b_iodone; /* I/O completion routine */
int b_error; /* expanded error field */
dev_t b_edev; /* extended device */
} bufinfo_t;The b_flags member indicates the state of the I/O buffer, and consists of a bitwise-or of different state values. The valid state values are in Table 11–32.
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The b_bcount field is the number of bytes to be transferred as part of the I/O request.
The b_addr field is the virtual address of the I/O request, unless B_PAGEIO is set. The address is a kernel virtual address unless B_PHYS is set, in which case it is a user virtual address. If B_PAGEIO is set, the b_addr field contains kernel private data. Exactly one of B_PHYS and B_PAGEIO can be set, or neither flag will be set.
The b_lblkno field identifies which logical block on the device is to be accessed. The mapping from a logical block to a physical block (such as the cylinder, track, and so on) is defined by the device.
The b_resid field is set to the number of bytes not transferred because of an error.
The b_bufsize field contains the size of the allocated buffer.
The b_iodone field identifies a specific routine in the kernel that is called when the I/O is complete.
The b_error field may hold an error code returned from the driver in the event of an I/O error. b_error is set in conjunction with the B_ERROR bit set in the b_flags member.
The b_edev field contains the major and minor device numbers of the device accessed. Consumers may use the D subroutines getmajor and getminor to extract the major and minor device numbers from the b_edev field.